About The Judges
About the Judges:
Alicia Champion is an acclaimed award-winning performer and record producer who’s worked with artists such as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Pink, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor and many more. Winner of VH1′s reality based competition, “You Rock With…” Alicia is also Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the groundbreaking San Diego IndieFest.
David Patrone is an accomplished Jazz Singer, entertainer, recording artist, and event producer. He performs around the United States with various bands and is the founder of Midnight Productions in San Diego; which produces a wide variety of entertainment from weddings and corporate events to “The David Patrone $10,000 Swing Dance Extravaganza”. In addition to his musical career, he is a former Marine Staff Sergeant, published writer and poet, long-distance thru-hiker and nationally-certified, professional ski Instructor. Sometimes you can find him busking with his harmonica, wearing his trademark hat and two-tone shoes in the Gaslamp District under his blues pseudonym: “Willy B.”
Edwin Decker is a freelance music journalist and columnist and has published articles in various newspapers and magazines in San Diego and around the globe. He is the quintessential music geek, which is to say, he has countless opinions about music without any musical talent (unless you count his bitchin’ karaoke version of “Rock Lobster”). Decker is on staff of the SD IndieFest, San Diego Music Awards, North Park Music Thing, and the Southern California Writer’s Conference. His biweekly column, Sordid Tales, is published in San Diego CityBeat magazine, his book of sarcastic anti-poetry, Barzilla and Other Psalms was nominated (and soundly defeated) for a 2007 San Diego Book Award and he was born without any nails on his pinky toes. True story.
